Get your Buckinghamshire Business Awards tickets!

The Buckinghamshire Business Awards are close. Friday June 30th close. Tickets are on sale for the gala event, so head on over to the Awards booking page and get some for you and your team.

Sponsor in the Spotlight

Mix96 – media sponsors, and sponsors of the Excellence in Customer Service award

Max Hailey, Managing Director, Mix96

“Mix 96 is once again delighted to be supporting the Buckinghamshire Business Awards. Broadcasting from studios in the centre of Aylesbury since 1994, Mix 96 is the soundtrack to life in Buckinghamshire. As a local business it’s really important to give something back to the community which is why we are sponsoring the Excellence in Customer Service award.

"It has been a real privilege to be able to visit forward thinking and progressive companies across the county and see how they put the customer experience at the core of their organisation. Selecting the finalists has been a huge challenge but the three finalists deserve to be applauded for their commitment to their customers.”

And here are the awards to enter for you and your team!

Rural Business Awards

The aim of the Rural Business Awards is to give recognition to businesses operating right across the rural sector. The Country Land and Business Association define rural businesses as fitting into three broad categories – Land Based businesses, Land Related Businesses and Other Businesses located in rural areas.

The categories are:

• Best Rural Start-up (to be judged regionally)
• Outstanding Rural Diversification Project
• Best Rural Clothing or Accessories Business
• Rural Innovation of the Year
• Best Rural Manufacturing Business
• Best Rural Professional Services Business
• Best Rural Creative or Media-based Business
• Social Enterprise / Community Project of the Year
• Best Rural Tourism Business
• Best Rural Sporting Business
• Rural Employer of the Year
• Rural Entrepreneur of the Year
• Best Rural Food & Drink Business

Entries close on Friday June 30th. Visit www.ruralbusinessawards.co.uk to find out more and enter.

The Spotlight Awards

The Spotlight Awards, in association with One4All Rewards, are a free-to-enter awards that celebrate and reward vital team members in businesses from across the nation. The aim is to shine a spotlight on the unsung heroes of small and medium businesses.

There are 20 categories in all covering a broad range of sectors including retail, hair & beauty, manufacturing, family business and customer service. Each winner receives a £100 high street voucher with an overall winner receiving a £300 voucher.

The deadline for entries is Friday June 23rd. Find out more and apply online at http://spotlightawards.one4allrewards.co.uk.

Finally - nominate your unsung sporting heroes!

Bucks & MK Sport Awards

Buckinghamshire’s sporting version of the Oscars are set to reward the unsung heroes of the local sports scene. Nominations opened on May 17th for the 12th annual Bucks & MK Sport Awards – the biggest event of its kind in the area. And now organisers are urging the community to take part by naming the people or groups they believe should win a prize.

The prestigious awards ceremony, to be held this year on December 1st at Aylesbury’s Waterside Theatre, celebrates the people and organisations who make grass-roots sport happen in Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes.

Of particular note to Buckinghamshire’s businesses will be the Active Workplace of the Year category, sponsored by MK Council and won last year by Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service.

Last year’s ceremony was attended by almost 300 people, with keynote speaker Winter Olympic gold medallist Amy William MBE. Rowing legend Sir Steve Redgrave became the first inductee into the Bucks and Milton Keynes Sporting Hall of Fame - an award to celebrate the county’s great elite level athletes.

The award categories are: Active Workplace of the Year; Club of the Year; Project of the Year; Primary School of the Year; Secondary School of the Year; Volunteer of the Year; Young Leader of the Year; Community Coach of the Year; Performance Coach of the Year; and the Terry Cook Unsung Hero of the Year.

To nominate someone, go to www.leapwithus.org.uk/sportawards or call the Leap office on 01296 585215. Nominations close at 5pm on Thursday August 17th.